On Wednesday, the 17th of July, 21 of Bishops’ finest Table Tennis players took to the Mallett Centre to battle it out in the first Interhouse Table Tennis competition since 1996 (if the trophy is to be believed). The boys battled it out over three open rounds which saw them muscle it out for the playoff berths. A highlight of the evening was a rally between two highly skilled players, Luke Wakeford and Rohan Murray-Cooke, battling out what was supposed to be an 11-point game to a split 22-20 as neither side could attain a two point lead until then, bringing to mind memories of John Isner and Kevin Anderson’s 6hr "rally" at Wimbledon in 2018.

The competition was tough and close but ultimately, a champion had to emerge. In third place overall after battling it out against Ogilvie, is Kidd House. In second place was Jack Buckham, Rayan Kadar and Tristan Swanich’s Mallett House with a cumulative 169 points across all their games. In first place, Arman Patel, Gabriel Comitis and Joe Phillipson’s Birt House with a cumulative 193 points across all their games. Well done to all involved and a special thanks to Arman Patel whose brainchild it was to reintroduce this spectacle of the most played sport at Bishops into an interhouse competition format.